2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Owners Manual

Safety system of your vehicle
During a frontal collision, sensors will     • Air  bag deployment  depends on a      • To  help provide  protection, the  air
detect  the  vehicle’s  deceleration. If
the   rate   of   deceleration   is   high
enough,  the  control unit  will  inflate
the front air bags.
number of factors including  vehicle
speed,  angles  of  impact  and  the
density and stiffness of the vehicles
or   objects    which   your   vehicle
impacts   during   a  collision.   The
determining factors  are not  limited
to those mentioned above.
bags must inflate rapidly.The speed
of air bag inflation is a consequence
of extremely  short time in which  to
inflate  the   air  bag   between  the
occupant and the vehicle structures
before the  occupant impacts those
structures.  This  speed  of  inflation
reduces the  risk  of serious  or life-
threatening  injuries  and  is thus  a
necessary part of air bag design.
However, the rapid air bag inflation
can also  cause injuries  which can
include  facial   abrasions,  bruises
and  broken   bones  because   the
inflation speed also  causes the air
bags to expand with a great deal of
force.
The  front air  bags  help  protect the
driver
and    front   passenger     by
responding   to   frontal   impacts   in
which  seat belts  alone  cannot  pro-     •  The front  air  bags will  completely
vide adequate restraint. When need-
ed,  the  side  air  bags  help provide
protection  in   the  event   of  a   side
impact or rollover.
inflate and deflate in an instant. It is
virtually  impossible for  you to  see
the air  bags inflate during an  acci-
dent. It is much more likely that you
will simply see the deflated air bags
hanging  out of  their storage  com-
partments after the collision.
Air  bags   are  activated   (able   to
inflate if  necessary) only when  the
ignition switch is in the ON position.
In  addition  to   inflating  in  certain
side  collisions,  vehicles  equipped
Air bags inflate in the  event of cer-
tain frontal or side collisions to help
protect the occupants from serious
physical injury.
with  a   rollover  sensor,  side  and      • There    are   even  circumstances
curtain  air  bags  will  inflate  if  the
sensing system detects a rollover.
under  which  contact  with  the  air
bag can cause fatal  injuries, espe-
cially if  the occupant  is positioned
excessively close to the air bag.
There is  no single speed  at which
the air  bags will  inflate. Generally,
air  bags  are   designed  to  inflate
based upon  the severity of  a colli-
sion  and  its  direction. These  two
factors determine whether the sen-
sors produce an electronic deploy-
ment/inflation signal.
When  a rollover  is  detected,  side
and  curtain  air   bags  will  remain
inflated longer to  help provide pro-
tection   from  ejection,   especially
when used  in conjunction  with the
seat belts.
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